The Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean

ARGENTINA
Argentine Prostitutes Fight for Union

BRAZIL
Brazilian Senate approves bill that would require journalists to have a degree in journalism

Governance in the Amazon
Pará-statals
A plan to create two new states

Protecting Brazil’s forests
Fiddling while the Amazon burns
Keeping the world’s biggest forest standing depends on greens, Amerindians and enlightened farmers working together—if lawmakers let them

CHILE
Chilean Student Protesters Vow to Continue Marches

Community TV, radio under attack in Chile

COLOMBIA
Colombia uncovers huge ‘phantom pupil’ subsidies scam
Colombia’s government has been paying out huge amounts in education subsidies for some 180,000 students who were falsely enrolled, officials say.

CUBA
RUSSIA AND CUBA TO STRENGTHEN MILITARY COOPERATION, via Gates of Vienna

Dictated Hashtags

Nothing says random kindness and senseless beauty like Che

Alan Gross: The two-year anniversary of America’s forgotten hostage

HONDURAS
Suspensions, drug and polygraph tests for Honduran police

LATIN AMERICA
Latin America Strives to Become the Greenest Continent

MEXICO
Iran in Mexico and the Caribbean: Building a Strategic Trampoline towards the US

Is the PRI ready to privatize PEMEX?

Alleged Drug War Tactics Under Fire

Fast & Furious: Justice Dept. details how it got statements wrong
FBI Criminal Informant Complicit in Brian Terry’s Death (PJM Exclusive)
From multiple sources come shocking charges of deadly ineptitude and an FBI coverup in Fast and Furious
New Fast and Furious Memo Backs Up Whistleblower Testimony
BREAKING NEWS on Fast and Furious: Holder Sweats as More Lies Uncovered by Feb. 3rd Memo

PUERTO RICO
John Stossel interviews Governor Luis Fortuño,

URUGUAY
Uruguay identifies military torture victim Julio Castro

VENEZUELA
Foreign Policy top 100 thinkers of the year

¿Celacomió? Absolutamente não, meu amigo.

Did Venezuela Really Compensate Cemex For Only Half of What it Wanted?

The week’s posts,
Chilean-style retirement in the cards?
At Real Clear World, CELAC: Chavez’s Latest “Alternative”